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CLEMSON, S.C. — Freshman receiver Deon Cain, who was suspended after failing a drug test before the Orange Bowl and will miss Monday’s national championship game, is scheduled to be back on campus and starting classes for the spring semester today.

When he’ll return to the football team remains up in the air.

“Hopefully he’s going to do what he needs to do,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday. “At some point, you’ve got to grow up. This thing ain’t about him.

“Our walk-ons (Greg Huegel and Hunter Renfrow) scored more points in the Orange Bowl than Oklahoma did. That sends a message that we can win without you.”

Cain’s talent isn’t in question. He had 34 catches for 582 yards with five touchdowns before his suspension.

“He’s got to make a decision to be a great player at Clemson,” Swinney said. “But if you are going to be a great player at Clemson, you have to follow the rules. It’s just that simple. Otherwise, you have to go somewhere else. I’m here to serve these players’ hearts, not their talent. That’s all I am trying to do with Deon.”

All-American hopeful: All-America defensive end Shaq Lawson remains hopeful that he’ll be able to play Monday.

“I’m just taking it a day at a time — I want to be ready by game time,” Lawson said. “There’s a good chance.”

Lawson, who leads the nation with 23.5 tackles for loss, was able to play for 12 plays after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on the second play of the game, but was unable to go after that.

“I thought I’d just banged my knee up a little bit,” Lawson said. “But I knew after that sack that it was keeping me from moving like I needed to.”

Honor roll: The Clemson football team has set numerous records this season, but Swinney is most pleased with the one they set in the classroom

“We set the school record for most honor roll students last fall,” Swinney said. “We had 48 guys make the honor roll, which is at least a 3.0 GPA. Everybody looks at our team, and they know we’re winning on the field, but we’re winning off the field, too.”